NAO (Never Accept Ordinary)

NAO Review

To give a brief introduction, NAO is a branch from Amway, whose main product line is Artistry.

Artistry tends to be more of the neutral side, just the everyday look or night time.

NAO, which stands for Never Accept Ordinary, is known for their wide range of colors, but they do have excellent neutral colors too.

I would have reviewed more products, but could not really find them....

Once I find my glitters, more eyeshadows and other various products, I'll make another review :)

(Do remind me to re-organize my make-up......)

I typically use NAO mostly for dance competitions, dances in general, parties, etc.

The color range is excellent and many of the products are long lasting!

So with this, here is the review!

- Bunneh ♥

NAO Loose Mineral Pigment 

What it is: Loose mineral pigment

Bunneh's Rating: ♥♥♥

Pros:

Colors are just stunning and bright and beautiful

Many varieties of colors

Can use colors in many different ways

Can double up or even triple up as a multi-use product

Cons:

Some colors are not as highly pigmented

Some colors seem to be too light and do not show up as well

I absolutely love this product. 

If not for some minor faults with a few colors, I would had given it a 4 ♥ rating.

It is very light on the skin.

When I put it on, it does not feel like I am putting anything on.

It's very light, nearly to the point of dusty/airy.

I have found many uses for the colors.

Shades left to right: Steam, Adore, Diffuse, Attract

You could very easily use Attract as a bronzer, an eyeshadow, and add it to your moisturizer to give you a dewy gold sun kissed look.

Attract has a golden shimmer to it, and I personally adore it. It comes out much more golden/lighter than the picture or the pigment looks like.

Diffuse can be used quite easily used in multiple ways too.

I personally like to dust it lightly on the cheeks as blush, on my eyes, and I even mix it with lip balms to make a shimmery pink color.

Adore is actually a matte color.

You could use it for contouring, eyeshadow, etc.

However, Steam is a very, very, light color.

It is possibly the reason why I have chosen to put this entire product as only 3 ♥

It is a very, very, light frost like color.

I did not like how the product appeared darker than it was.

I layered on Steam and it did not change much in color for me.

But other than that, I adore these pigments.

A little will last quite a long time.

If you're busy and only can use a few products due to time restrictions, I'd recommend this product.

NAO Eye Color Single

What it is: A single colored highly pigmented eyeshadow

Bunneh's Rating: ♥♥♥♥

Pros:

Very rich in color

Many color options

Comes in a small compact case

Have an excellent shimmer

Easy to use

Multi-use as eyeshadow or eyeliner

Cons:

There are many other competitors with better eyeshadows

My entire experience with this eyeshadow has been perfect.

These eyeshadows can be used by virtually anybody.

They're excellent for any make-up look.

A dancer could easily use any of these colors, a rebellious teenager could use these, they can be used to go in with the latest style, anything.

The colors typically have a slight shimmer to them that is excellent in photos.

Shades Frisky and Outlaw (excuse the smudges in outlaw XD)

I use this product mostly on dancers, due to how its long lasting and the color stays on them under the harsh bright lights.

Besides its uses as an eyeshadow, it can also double up as an eyeliner.

I typically wet the ends of an angled brush and use the eye color from there.

It's a great alternative to the typical black eyeliner look.

I'd recommend these eye colors to really anyone.

However, I do agree, there are better ones on the market.

But as far as I'm going with this cosmetic line, this is a very excellent product and does its job beyond what a typical eye color does.

NAO Shimmer Eye Pencil & Glitter Eye Pencil

What they are: Eye pencils with either shimmer or glitter

Bunneh's Rating for Shimmer: ♥♥♥♥

Bunneh's Rating for Glitter: ♥♥♥

Pros:

Shimmer eye pencils excel at long lasting

The glitter is just so pretty!

Both pencils go on the eyes very easily

Many different color options for either pencils

Colors are perfect for spring and summer

Match many eye colors

Cons:

Glitter eye pencils do not last as long

The glitter in the eye pencil seems to go everywhere once you go through the day...

Have to be careful with sharpening to not break off an end (comes with its own eye pencil sharpener)

Shades from left to right: (shimmer) Chaos, Twirl, Flutter, Torch, Envy, (glitter) Out of Order, Misfit

I absolutely adore these eyeliners.

It's fairly obvious I have an addiction to black eyeliner.

But I love to use these when I need an absolute break from black.

Or, I use these and my black eyeliner together!

I love how the texture is just creamy and glides on your eyelids.

I use these for extreme dances, it just does not come off.

However, a warning with the glitter eye pencils, once you put it on, it rubs off after a point.

Glitter will be literally all over your eye area....

Colors after rubbing with a tissue, shimmer eye pencils on the left, glitter is gone

As you can see, the glitter eye pencils came off almost completely.

The glitter spread everywhere when I was rubbing it to the shimmer eye pencils.

The shimmer eye colors are still there!

The color has gotten lighter/duller, but even after rubbing my wrist with a tissue, the colors remain there without smudging hardly.

I have to say, I love the shimmer eye pencils the most.

They are hard to take off (you WILL need a make-up remover to take them off).

Plus they don't smudge or hardly at all.

Water proof wise, I'm not quite sure.

I haven't really gotten in a situation where I get drenched with it on my eyes yet.

I mostly use it for dance competitions/showcases where you have to dance continuously for a long period of time and cannot afford to waste time with touching up on make-up.

But I highly recommend this product to anybody.

It is a great purchase in my opinion, and it does last you a long time.

Besides, its not like you're going to wear these every single day.... right?

Once I find more NAO products/order more, I'll write more reviews on NAO.

At least Amway (the company that owns Artistry and NAO) did something right for once.

Personally my favorite line from Amway for its quality and durability.

(Though.... don't smash the eye shadows on the ground..... just a warning...)

I hope this review helped or opened your eyes to more products!

-hugs and smiles-

Bunneh ♥